What is the highest sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Mauritania?

The highest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 2013.

What is the lowest sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Mauritania?

The lowest recorded value was 0.01 LSU/ha in 1961.

How does Mauritania rank for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?

Mauritania ranks 77th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.

Is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Mauritania?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Mauritania data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania

Name: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Mauritania: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.03 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

0.03 LSU/ha

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

77th

of 180 countries

All-time high

0.03 LSU/ha

in 2013

All-time low

0.01 LSU/ha

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania, 1961–2023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania is 0.03 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania peaked at 0.03 LSU/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.01 LSU/ha, in 1961.

That places Mauritania 77th out of 180 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania, year by year

Annual values for Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania, 1961 to 2023.
Year	LSU/ha	Change
1961	0.01 LSU/ha	—
1962	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1963	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1964	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1965	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1966	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1967	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1968	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1969	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1970	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1971	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1972	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1973	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1974	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1975	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1976	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1977	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1978	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1979	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1980	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1981	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1982	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1983	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1984	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1985	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1986	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1987	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1988	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1989	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1990	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1991	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1992	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1993	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1994	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1995	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1996	0.02 LSU/ha	+100.0%
1997	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1998	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1999	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2000	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2001	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2002	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2003	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2004	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2005	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2006	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2007	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2008	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2009	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2010	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2011	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2012	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2013	0.03 LSU/ha	+50.0%
2014	0.02 LSU/ha	-33.3%
2015	0.03 LSU/ha	+50.0%
2016	0.03 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2017	0.03 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2018	0.03 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2019	0.03 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2020	0.03 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2021	0.03 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2022	0.03 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2023	0.03 LSU/ha	+0.0%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.01 LSU/ha	0.01 LSU/ha	0.01 LSU/ha	9
1970s	0.01 LSU/ha	0.01 LSU/ha	0.01 LSU/ha	10
1980s	0.01 LSU/ha	0.01 LSU/ha	0.01 LSU/ha	10
1990s	0.014 LSU/ha	0.01 LSU/ha	0.02 LSU/ha	10
2000s	0.02 LSU/ha	0.02 LSU/ha	0.02 LSU/ha	10
2010s	0.026 LSU/ha	0.02 LSU/ha	0.03 LSU/ha	10
2020s	0.03 LSU/ha	0.03 LSU/ha	0.03 LSU/ha	4

Countries ranked near Mauritania

77 Afghanistan 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Brunei Darussalam 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Burundi 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Djibouti 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Dominica 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Eritrea 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Gambia 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Indonesia 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Mongolia 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Niger 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Serbia and Montenegro 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Sierra Leone 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Trinidad and Tobago 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Uganda 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Australia and New Zealand 0.03 LSU/ha compare

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Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Standard Deviation 0.465 °C (2025)
Temperature change 1.85 °C (2025)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 68 % change on previous year (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0 t per person (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 163.33 % change on previous year (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 0 1000 USD per person (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 79 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 84 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export value 55 1000 USD (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania?: Sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania was 0.03 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Mauritania?: The highest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 2013.
What is the lowest sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Mauritania?: The lowest recorded value was 0.01 LSU/ha in 1961.
How does Mauritania rank for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?: Mauritania ranks 77th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
Is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Mauritania?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mauritania data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit: LSU/ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 227 places, 12,936 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.